Its too hot.

[An Ankoù]

Well you're cooking outside so not warming up you house any further. We tend to have meat + salad so there's only one hot element, and if you are barbecuing properly you shouldn't need to interact with it too much, i.e. put meat on, shut lid, leave until cooked.

Plus you can sit around and drink cooling beer outside whilst monitoring its progress.

You've convinced me.
In fact, although we have metal barbecues with lids, I tend to cook on an open fire. Not set up for a winter blaze as in the picture, but you get my drift. I've ordered a cast iron Dutch oven to play with, but it's not coming until Saturday.
Normal countries tend to be hot mid-afternoon, but here, for some strange reason, it seems to peak between 6 and 7. Nevertheless. Barbie scheduled for Thursday to celebrate the storming of the , Number 10, I mean Bastille and tastefully whipping off a few heads. As you do, like.

 

[Clint]

It's raining here...

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Ditto

 

[Chippy_Tea]

It's raining here...

We had a couple of light showers earlier grey skies all day and very muggy.

 

[DavidDetroit]

Even if I got up at 5am it would still be too hot

I was fortunate to have an indoor track back when I was doing really long runs and the temp got above 85°F or something. I could tell if it was too hot by how I felt after four or five miles. Problem with the track though was its 1/12th of a mile length. I did 180 laps once. It gave me insight into what a hamster feels like on one of those treadmills.
Funny, it was only once or twice that I had to go inside. The track I tended to train on was outdoors, one mile route with half the course shaded by trees.

 

[DavidDetroit]

We're getting of few hot ones--90°F to 100°F that translates to 80°F-85°F inside the house. We've used AC only four times this year. Been using the below item which I still consider a little gimmicky and it might be no better than a small fan but it seems to work better than fan only. Stock photo:

But what I really want to make is this:

It's filled with ice and the fan's air hits the ice and pushes cold air out the blower end. I'd probably have a hose leading outside somehow for the melted ice and freeze up plenty of jugs of water in freezer.

 

[Clint]

I think running is best reserved for when a big dog chases you.

 

[DavidDetroit]

I think running is best reserved for when a big dog chases you.

I've had a few run-ins with pit bulls here in Detroit while out for a jog. Honestly, one incident, I doubt I'd have gotten more than two steps before the dog arrived so I just stopped and faced it. The big fella was satisfied with being ten yards away, barking his head off. I suppose I trespassed in the dog's mind even though I was across the street
I am not fast by human standards, much less a dog's standard. But maybe if I had something like a seventy yard head start?

 

[Clint]

I've had a few run ins with dogs...one in particular was many years ago when we were kids. It was during the winter, a bit of snow still about and that day we were down at a local quarry looking in the wash heaps for fossils. We didn't find much so climbed back up to the field.. unbeknown to us followed by a Doberman Pinscer which decided to get a bit upset with us...realising we couldn't outrun it we threw snowballs at it! Which changed its mind and gave us enough time to get over the fence!

 

[DavidDetroit]

threw snowballs at it

Excellent advice, Clint. I'll be carrying a filled cooler year round for my personal safety. I guess\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (back slashes are Hogarth's doing, walking across my keyboard) I could put in snowballs but now that I think about it, how do dogs feel about having cans of Budweiser thrown at them?
Would depend on if they're beer snobs or not?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I've had a few run ins with dogs...one in particular was many years ago when we were kids. It was during the winter, a bit of snow still about and that day we were down at a local quarry looking in the wash heaps for fossils. We didn't find much so climbed back up to the field.. unbeknown to us followed by a Doberman Pinscer which decided to get a bit upset with us...realising we couldn't outrun it we threw snowballs at it! Which changed its mind and gave us enough time to get over the fence!

Up the Garth is the place for fossils

 

[foxbat]

Getting a bit warm today in East Anglia and it's supposed to be 10 degrees hotter tomorrow. Don't mind it today as I'm out on the patio drinking my Noble Duck (it tastes like good Spitfire!)

Tomorrow and Tuesday though when it's supposed to be +10 degrees on today I'll be cooking up in the spare room/office. Hmm not looking forward to that. Glad I don't drive for a living @Chippy_Tea

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It’s definitely going to be too hot tomorrow.

My brewshed is temperature controlled and up to about 26 degrees the brewshed is untroubled, the internal temperature stays below 14.

Any higher, and up to about 30 you can see it starting to lose it’s grip as the shed temperature slowly starts to rise by a degree or two over the day.

I imagine that between 30 and 35 this might deteriorate quite quickly and at 40 degrees (expected tomorrow) I wonder if it might just give in - at this point the exhaust air from my chiller is likely to be 47-49 which really is too hot for the chiller condenser.

I do at least have temperature sensors and logging to be able to see the impact but in the immortal words of Scottie, she canae tek it cap’n!!

 

[Clarence]

Getting a bit warm today in East Anglia and it's supposed to be 10 degrees hotter tomorrow. Don't mind it today as I'm out on the patio drinking my Noble Duck (it tastes like good Spitfire!)
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Tomorrow and Tuesday though when it's supposed to be +10 degrees on today I'll be cooking up in the spare room/office. Hmm not looking forward to that. Glad I don't drive for a living @Chippy_Tea

It looks a lovely pint, does that.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Tomorrow and Tuesday though when it's supposed to be +10 degrees on today I'll be cooking up in the spare room/office. Hmm not looking forward to that. Glad I don't drive for a living @Chippy_Tea

I have A/C in the truck its getting out to work that does me in.

 

[An Ankoù]

I have A/C in the truck its getting out to work that does me in.

Can we borrow your truck to brew beer in?

 

[Clint]

It'll be tipping down by Wed and the Government will issue flood warnings.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

It'll be tipping down by Wed and the Government will issue flood warnings.

And a hose pipe ban.

 

[robster62]

No a/c in my van, working 230-1030 delivering home shopping. Going to be a nightmare.

 

[Cwrw666]

It'll be tipping down by Wed

We had rain forecast for Tuesday but that's disappeared now. Nothing forecast now til saturday night and then only light rain.
I started a brew yesterday but think it'll be ok - I've got the fermenter in the coolest spot in the house. Currently less than 20c.